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But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
Galatians 5:16, ESV
We want to do our own thing, but God draws is into His will and plan by His Holy Spirit indwelling and guiding us.
So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
Romans 10:17, ESV
God works through His people to work out His plan of salvation. We join in His work by proclaiming the good news of Jesus Christ and trust the Holy Spirit to work in others.
But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God
John 1:12, ESV
God’s plan is restoration of His very good work, starting with this of us who believe in the life, atoning death, and resurrection of Christ – we are adopted in Christ as heirs of eternal life.
For I, the Lord your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, “Fear not, I am the one who helps you.”
Isaiah 41:13, ESV
God knows what He is doing, and He invites us into His plan through His Son. We should have no reason to fear, knowing we are His in Christ.
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Galatians 2:20, ESV
God has a plan, and we join that plan in Christ. We let His purpose become our purpose, sacrificing our desires as He transforms us into the likeness of the Son.
For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.
Psalm 100:5, ESV
God’s goodness and love is shown through the forgiveness of sins, paid once for all by Christ on the cross.
For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.
Matthew 7:8, ESV
God wants to give us good things, most of all: wisdom and the forgiveness of sins through Jesus Christ. All we need do is ask.
“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.”
Isaiah 12:2, ESV
In Christ alone are we saved. All fear of death and God’s wrath is washed away by the blood of Jesus, and we only need believe.
And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
Galatians 5:24, ESV
We mortify out flesh, that is we willingly give up our sinful desires, putting them on the cross with Christ, finding our identity and desires in Hum alone.
Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus
Philippians 2:5, ESV
We are being transformed into Christ-likeness, wanting what He wants, doing what He wants to do in this world.
Rather than seeking out own glory and comfort, we should be seeking the glory of God while taking the gospel to the list of the world.
a simple man of God 